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- REVISG QUENT TARANTO’S BRILLIANT RANT ABOUT THE GAY SUBTEXT OF ‘TOP GUN’
- JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
- HOW DID TOP GUN GET SO GAY?
REVISG QUENT TARANTO’S BRILLIANT RANT ABOUT THE GAY SUBTEXT OF ‘TOP GUN’
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JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
Go the gay way.
Be the gay way. Go for the gay way.
HOW DID TOP GUN GET SO GAY?
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